HttpWebRequest::KeepAlive Property
Gets or sets a value that indicates whether to make a persistent connection to the Internet resource.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
Property Value
Type: System::Booleantrue if the request to the Internet resource should contain a Connection HTTP header with the value Keep-alive; otherwise, false. The default is true.
Set this property to true to send a Connection HTTP header with the value Keep-alive. An application uses KeepAlive to indicate a preference for persistent connections. When the KeepAlive property is true, the application makes persistent connections to the servers that support them.
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When using HTTP/1.1, Keep-Alive is on by default. Setting KeepAlive to false may result in sending a Connection: Close header to the server. |
The following code example sets the KeepAlive property to false to avoid establishing a persistent connection with the Internet resource.
int main() { try { // Create a new HttpWebRequest object. Make sure that // a default proxy is set if you are behind a firewall. HttpWebRequest^ myHttpWebRequest1 = dynamic_cast<HttpWebRequest^>(WebRequest::Create( "http://www.contoso.com" )); myHttpWebRequest1->KeepAlive = false; // Assign the response object of HttpWebRequest to a HttpWebResponse variable. HttpWebResponse^ myHttpWebResponse1 = dynamic_cast<HttpWebResponse^>(myHttpWebRequest1->GetResponse()); Console::WriteLine( "\nThe HTTP request Headers for the first request are: \n {0}", myHttpWebRequest1->Headers ); Console::WriteLine( "Press Enter Key to Continue.........." ); Console::Read(); Stream^ streamResponse = myHttpWebResponse1->GetResponseStream(); StreamReader^ streamRead = gcnew StreamReader( streamResponse ); array<Char>^readBuff = gcnew array<Char>(256); int count = streamRead->Read( readBuff, 0, 256 ); Console::WriteLine( "The contents of the Html page are.......\n" ); while ( count > 0 ) { String^ outputData = gcnew String( readBuff,0,count ); Console::Write( outputData ); count = streamRead->Read( readBuff, 0, 256 ); } Console::WriteLine(); // Close the Stream object. streamResponse->Close(); streamRead->Close(); // Release the resources held by response object. myHttpWebResponse1->Close(); // Create a new HttpWebRequest object for the specified Uri. HttpWebRequest^ myHttpWebRequest2 = dynamic_cast<HttpWebRequest^>(WebRequest::Create( "http://www.contoso.com" )); myHttpWebRequest2->Connection = "Close"; // Assign the response object of 'HttpWebRequest' to a 'HttpWebResponse' variable. HttpWebResponse^ myHttpWebResponse2 = dynamic_cast<HttpWebResponse^>(myHttpWebRequest2->GetResponse()); // Release the resources held by response object. myHttpWebResponse2->Close(); Console::WriteLine( "\nThe Http RequestHeaders are \n {0}", myHttpWebRequest2->Headers ); Console::WriteLine( "\nPress 'Enter' Key to Continue........." ); Console::Read(); } catch ( ArgumentException^ e ) { Console::WriteLine( "\nThe second HttpWebRequest Object* has raised an Argument Exception as 'Connection' Property is set to 'Close'" ); Console::WriteLine( "\n {0}", e->Message ); } catch ( WebException^ e ) { Console::WriteLine( "WebException raised!" ); Console::WriteLine( "\n {0}", e->Message ); Console::WriteLine( "\n {0}", e->Status ); } catch ( Exception^ e ) { Console::WriteLine( "Exception raised!" ); Console::WriteLine( "Source : {0} ", e->Source ); Console::WriteLine( "Message : {0} ", e->Message ); } }
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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